Wordle is a fun site for creating posters using a set of words--maybe from a poem, or a a review assignment, or a descriptive assignment. The words are transformed into an interesting pattern or "word cloud." Kids can create their own mini-posters with words for vocabulary or on a specific theme. For a great article on how to use this, click on WordleTips. Hint- use the tilde sign (~) whenever you want a complete phrase, when you are pasting text into the “Paste in a bunch of text” window, insert that character between any words that you want to keep together. For example, if you are writing "Math is Fun", write Math~is~Fun and the phrase will be a complete thought. Tips on Ways to Use Wordles can be found here.
ABC Ya works much like Wordle. It creates final results that allow for change of font, layout and color. You can save in jpeg format and can print.
Make Word Mosaic is a tool by Image Chef. This is great for creative people. The results can be emailed or embedded in different social networks. There is also a link to Letter Soup from here and other graphic backgrounds.
Tag Cloud Generator does not allow pasting text but you can put in your own text and the result is cool as it provides a MOVING flash file that can be downloaded.
Tag Crowd allows the use of word frequency for emphasis in the clouds created. The file may also be uploaded or a URL can be given to access the cloud.
Tagul allows custom shape selection and multiple fonts in one cloud. Must be able to login with an email.
Taxgedo also allows custom shapes- choose any words- or a theme such the Family dogs. :-) Many shapes from which to choos.
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VocabGrabber allows students to analyze a group of words. It has substance in creating lessons that can be used to really help understand a passage. It analyzes text and makes list of words and shows how the words can be used in context. You can sort and file the words and there is athesaurus map along with definitions of the word.
Word it Out creates clouds like wordle in that you can paste text into the box. You can change font, color and style.
Wordsift does not give the fancy effects of Wordle but it does help students to analyze a word cloud. Words can be listed alphabetically or you can click on a word to view in an online visual thesaurus with dictionary, Google images or word sentence placement. It has color coding to relate words to a subject area. It even includes assessment of students using it.
Word Cloud Generators:
Wordle
is a fun site for creating posters using a set of words--maybe from a poem, or a a review assignment, or a descriptive assignment. The words are transformed into an interesting pattern or "word cloud." Kids can create their own mini-posters with words for vocabulary or on a specific theme. For a great article on how to use this, click on WordleTips. Hint- use the tilde sign (~) whenever you want a complete phrase, when you are pasting text into the “Paste in a bunch of text” window, insert that character between any words that you want to keep together. For example, if you are writing "Math is Fun", write Math~is~Fun and the phrase will be a complete thought.
Tips on Ways to Use Wordles can be found here.
ABC Ya works much like Wordle. It creates final results that allow for change of font, layout and color. You can save in jpeg format and can print.
Make Word Mosaic is a tool by Image Chef. This is great for creative people. The results can be emailed or embedded in different social networks. There is also a link to Letter Soup from here and other graphic backgrounds.
Tag Cloud Generator does not allow pasting text but you can put in your own text and the result is cool as it provides a MOVING flash file that can be downloaded.
Tag Crowd allows the use of word frequency for emphasis in the clouds created. The file may also be uploaded or a URL can be given to access the cloud.
Tagul allows custom shape selection and multiple fonts in one cloud. Must be able to login with an email.
Taxgedo also allows custom shapes- choose any words- or a theme such the Family dogs. :-) Many shapes from which to choos.
VocabGrabber allows students to analyze a group of words. It has substance in creating lessons that can be used to really help understand a passage. It analyzes text and makes list of words and shows how the words can be used in context. You can sort and file the words and there is athesaurus map along with definitions of the word.
Word it Out creates clouds like wordle in that you can paste text into the box. You can change font, color and style.
Wordsift does not give the fancy effects of Wordle but it does help students to analyze a word cloud. Words can be listed alphabetically or you can click on a word to view in an online visual thesaurus with dictionary, Google images or word sentence placement. It has color coding to relate words to a subject area. It even includes assessment of students using it.